Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:02 am on 4 February 2016.
As the hon. Gentleman will be aware, that issue has been raised by a number of hon. Members in the past few weeks. If the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee were here, I would be saying that there is clearly a demand across the House for a debate on this subject, and I encourage Stewart Malcolm McDonald to make such a request. I should also say that the post office now offers many alternative banking services. I hope local communities will take advantage of the post office, to make sure that it can offer those services in their local communities.